Polling suggests that DU has a strong view of the Senate HCR Bill

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

I like the polling feature. I am often genuinely curious what DU thinks about something.

Sometimes DU polls I post surprise me, but I have never been quite this surprised.

A poll is no good if it doesn't get wide participation. Since there is probably a different mix of support for the Senate bill in GDP than in GD partcipation from both forums (fora?) would be more accurate:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7234733

[Cant trust em]

1. The bill is pretty lame, but I have a hard time imagining...

going back to square one after all of this.

Would there be any energy left to start back up?

[LooseWilly]

2. Who cares? The bill, as it stands, is not worth passing.

[backscatter712]

3. Rebooting ain't gonna happen.

If the bill dies now, Congress will not revisit the issue for years, probably a generation - it took 15 years since the last health care reform clusterfuck in '94.

I say we take what's left - the pre-existing conditions ban & rescissions ban, the subsidies, the Medicaid expansion, then we work to cause extreme pain to all the conservadems and Rethugs obstructing reform.

[Cant trust em]

4. I think your math is a little fuzzy.

It's only been 15 years since '94.

But your intent is accurate, I think.

[backscatter712]

5. I stand corrected. n/t

[depakid]

6. Actually, economics will force Congress' hand long before then

fact is that the present system (and the band aids in the Senate bill) are not sustainable over even a modest period of time.

[Popular Front]

7. We support the bill because we support universal health care

Obvious, isn't it???